NBC Sports Group Revs Up NASCAR Content as Live Racing Returns to the Peacock

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 29, 2016 – NBC Sports Group’s presentation of the 2016 Formula One Championship continues this week with live coverage of the Austrian Grand Prix Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET on CNBC.

In addition to this weekend’s F1 Austrian Grand Prix, coverage includes Red Bull Global RallyCross action from MCAS New River on Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m. ET on NBC, and the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship Red Bull National event on Saturday on NBCSN.

F1 AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX – SUNDAY AT 7:30 A.M. ET ON CNBC

The Formula One season rolls on this weekend with live coverage of the Austrian Grand Prix on CNBC, as Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) looks for his third consecutive Austrian GP victory. Rosberg began the 2016 season with four consecutive wins, and earned his fifth victory at the European Grand Prix in Azerbaijan on June 13, besting Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel by nearly 17 seconds. Rosberg now leads the F1 driver standings with 141 points, followed by Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton (117 points) and Vettel (96 points).

Coverage begins Friday on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app at 4 a.m. ET with Practice 1, followed by NBCSN’s coverage of Practice 2 at 8 a.m. ET. NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app will stream coverage of Practice 3 on Saturday at 5 a.m. ET, prior to CNBC’s live coverage of qualifying at 8 a.m. ET. Live race coverage from Red Bull Ring begins Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET on CNBC. NBCSN will air an encore presentation of the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday at noon ET.

NBC Sports Group’s lead F1 broadcast team of Leigh Diffey (play-by-play), veteran analyst and former racecar driver David Hobbs, and analyst and former race mechanic for the Benetton F1 team Steve Matchett will call the action. F1 insider Will Buxton will report on-site from Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria.

RED BULL GLOBAL RALLYCROSS – MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER – SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ON NBC

NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2016 Red Bull Global RallyCross series continues this weekend on NBC with a doubleheader from Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, N.C. Tanner Foust (Volkswagen Andretti) earned his fourth race win of the season last week, at the second race of the Daytona doubleheader, and currently leads the driver championship standings with 265 points. Steve Arpin, who earned his first win of the season for Chip Ganassi Racing in the first race at Daytona, currently sits in second place (233 points).

The Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship continues with the RedBud National in Buchanan, Mich., this Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Ken Roczen continues to dominate the 450 Class standings early in the 2016 campaign, following his third sweep of the season in the class in Tennessee last weekend. Cooper Webb earned his first win of the season in the 250 Class at last weekend’s event, but still trails Joey Savatgy who leads the points standings in the class.

NBC Sports Group launches its NASCAR racing season this week with over 45 hours of NASCAR programing, highlighted by Saturday’s presentation of the Coke Zero 400 at 7 p.m. ET on NBC. Following up a successful 2015 campaign that fueled NBCSN to viewership milestones, NBC Sports Group shifts into high gear, super serving fans with 19 hours of trackside coverage from Daytona International Speedway, and 13 hours of NASCAR news, highlights and interviews with NASCAR America. Click here for more information on NBC Sports Group’s NASCAR coverage this weekend.

Following is this week’s motorsports coverage schedule on NBC and NBCSN:

Date

Program

Time (ET)

Network

Thur., June 30

NASCAR Scan All 43

Noon

NBCSN

NASCAR Scan All 43

12:30 p.m.

NBCSN

NASCAR America

1 p.m.

NBCSN

NASCAR XFINITY Series Practice – Daytona

2 p.m.

NBCSN

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Practice – Daytona

3 p.m.

NBCSN

NASCAR XFINITY Series Final Practice – Daytona

4 p.m.

NBCSN

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Final Practice – Daytona

5 p.m.

NBCSN

NASCAR America

6 p.m.

NBCSN

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Practice – Daytona (Encore)

8 p.m.

NBCSN

NASCAR XFINITY Series Practice – Daytona (Encore)

9 p.m.

NBCSN

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West – Sonoma

11 p.m.

NBCSN

Fri., July 1

F1 Austrian Grand Prix – Practice 1

4 a.m.

NBCSports.com

NASCAR America

7 a.m.

NBCSN

F1 Austrian Grand Prix – Practice 2

8 a.m.

NBCSN

Off The Grid

9:30 a.m.

NBCSN

NASCAR XFINITY Series Practice – Daytona (Encore)

10 a.m.

NBCSN

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Practice – Daytona (Encore)

11 a.m.

NBCSN

NASCAR XFINITY Series Qualifying – Daytona

2 p.m.

NBCSN

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying – Daytona

4 p.m.

NBCSN

Countdown to Green

7 p.m.

NBCSN

NASCAR XFINITY Series Subway Firecracker 250

7:30 p.m.

NBCSN

Sat., July 2

F1 Austrian Grand Prix – Practice 3

5 a.m.

NBCSports.com

F1 Austrian Grand Prix – Qualifying

8 a.m.

CNBC

Lucas Oil Pro Motocross RedBud – Practice

10 a.m.

NBCSports.com

F1 Austrian Grand Prix – Qualifying (Encore)

Noon

NBCSN

Lucas Oil Pro Motocross RedBud – Moto 1s

1 p.m.

MAVTV

Lucas Oil Pro Motocross RedBud – Moto 2s

3 p.m.

NBCSN

Red Bull Global RallyCross – MCAS New River

5 p.m.

NBC

NASCAR America

6:30 p.m.

NBCSN

Countdown to Green

7 p.m.

NBC

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400

8 p.m.

NBC

NASCAR Post-Race

11 p.m.

NBCSN

NASCAR Victory Lap

11:30 p.m.

NBCSN

Sun., July 3

F1 Austrian Grand Prix

7:30 a.m.

CNBC

F1 Extra

10 a.m.

CNBC

F1 Austrian Grand Prix (Encore)

Noon

NBCSN

F1 Extra (Encore)

2:30 p.m.

NBCSN

Red Bull Global RallyCross – MCAS New River

5 p.m.

NBC

MOTORSPORTS ONNBCSPORTS.COM AND THE NBC SPORTS APP: NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets — will provide live streaming coverage of this weekend’s motorsports content via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. For desktops, NBC Sports Live Extra can be accessed at NBCSports.com/liveextra.

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MOTORSPORTSTALK:MotorSportsTalk (@MotorSportsTalk) on NBCSports.com brings racing fans up-to-the-minute news, video and information on Formula One, the Verizon IndyCar Series, and other open-wheel and off-road racing from around the world. The site also serves as the destination for all news, analysis and video from NBC and NBCSN productions of IndyCar and F1, including contributions from on-air commentators.

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